Saddle Up with Your Humble Host as it's time for Western Adventure at it's best with Hopalong Cassidy!!    We're out on our ranch location for today's Library of Sound (LOS) Volume 110, it's a February 3, 1951 episode of Hopalong Cassidy titled "Coming Attraction, Murder".  Could be a double feature too with Hoppy and his side-kick California ready to take on another exciting case to solve.   GIDDYAP, no time to lose!  

In Volume 102 of Sounds Like Radio Marjorie wants the Bronco family and the GIldersleeves to meet.  That means meeting Bronco's Aunt Victoria in this September 13, 1950 edition of The Great Gildersleeve.  Seems though Gildersleeve's not thrilled with the meeting and has a few tricks up his sleeve.  But Aunt Victoria holds some surprises for Gildersleeve too.  Hmmm, the Aunt ain't all that bad.

Your Humble Host turns to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Johnny Hartman, and Billie Holiday to all comment on this tricky situation.  Let's listen to this very fine musical outing on today's Sounds Like Radio. 

From the Bing Wing of the Library of Sound (LOS) comes another rare and not to be found anywhere but here Bing Crosby short show.  From January 16, 1956 Bing returns with some musical ditties & Ken Carpenter and Bing talk about Navy water.   It's an exclusive find straight from the Bing Vault of the Library of Sound.   It's also fun to listen to.  Your Humble Host is happy to bring another very rare Bing show to you today.  

In Volume 108 of the Library of Sound it's elementary which classic detective show we should hear from next, none other than Sherlock Holmes.  When I started reading detective stories (other than those written by Edgar Allan Poe) it was the Sherlock Holmes complete series of books I read first.  That was what started my path on reading more classic detectives like Philip Marlowe, Nero Wolfe and many others.  Today we have an episode of Sherlock that, like the Nero Wolfe radio shows we've presented here, is based on the actual Arthur Conan Doyle story as written.  It stars the classic British duo (my favorite of the British Sherlock and Watsons) Carleton Hobbs & Norman Shelly.   These 2 were perfect to me in their roles.  I first heard their versions of Sherlock back in the 1970's and have been impressed ever since.  Today we have one of their first Sherlock's it's from May 12, 1959 as they present the story of "The Man With The Twisted Lip".   

Your Humble Host is ready for the beginning of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes!  Enjoy.

In Volume 101 of The Great Gildersleeve it's the beginning of a new season on September 6, 1950.  What better way to start than with a new Gildersleeve.  Another historic Gildy for you as this is the first time the great Willard Waterman plays our hero.   If you were to corner me and insist on an answer I'd have to admit Willard Waterman is my favorite Gildersleeve.  Most people in fact who were around back in the day only remember Willard Waterman as the one who played Gildersleeve.   And with the start of a brand new season comes news from "Little" Marjorie who is still a newlywed and with news a newlywed after a couple months might have.   Find out as Patsy Cline, Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo himself from I Love Lucy), Bing Crosby, Jo Stafford, Louis Prima and Madeleine Peyroux all join your Humble Host to celebrate this new season, new Gildy and news from Marjorie.

By the way, the picture accompanying this episode is the historic occasion when BOTH of the Gildersleeves met, Harold Peary says goodbye as Willard Waterman enters to say hello.  A warm welcome is how we greet Willard Waterman!

The most well known radio show of them all now emerges from The Library of Sound (LOS).  The weed of crime bears bitter fruit as all will learn.  Today Your Humble Host presents an early episode of The Shadow: "Death House Rescue" from September 26, 1937 starring Orson Welles.  An innocent man is scheduled to fry unless The Shadow gets to the real culprits.  But who knows where evil lurks?  The Shadow knows.

Boris Karloff returns in today's Library of Sound (LOS) Volume 106 as he tells us the Rudyard Kipling Just So Story of How The Whale Got His Throat.  Your Humble Host is proud to present these little stories and we hope you and your whole family will enjoy them too.  Gather the kids for this short little tale from the Story Corner of the Library of Sound.

Your Humble Host is happy to bring you Sounds Like Radio's 100th episode.   It's also historic considering this is also Harold Peary's final appearance on The Great Gildersleeve.  Harold Peary thought he'd carry the show to CBS but Mr. Kraft had other ideas.  We'll explain all about that and in today's GIldersleeve show from June 14, 1950 it's the end of the season for Gildy and the beginning of Summer vacation as Gildy plans to take a vacation on the houseboat with the whole family.  But the Jolly Boys have plans of their own for that houseboat.  

Oh me trouble's brewin' but no need to worry as we got plenty of help on hand as Astrud Gilberto, William Frawley (Fred Mertz from I Love Lucy also Bub from My 3 Sons), Buddy Ebsen (Uncle Jed from Beverly Hillbillies), Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday and Rosemary Clooney are all here to help not only the Gildy sitation but to celebrate our 100th Gildy & Music Sounds Like Radio show!!  Get out a noisemaker and give a hoot for Sounds Like Radio!    

Time to wriggle in your seats as Lights Out is our feature from Volume 105 of the Library of Sound.  And today's story is a particular scary one all about the "Revolt of the Worms" as it was originally broadcast on October 13, 1942.  It's creepy and it's crawly and it's not even the Addams Family.  Listen to what happens when the worms revolt.  

In Volume 99 of Sounds Like Radio Gildersleeve's dream of sailing a Houseboat come to life with Katherine.   But things don't quite work out the way Gildy wants.  A deserving bit of fun awaits Gildy from the Jolly Boys in this June 7, 1950 episode of the Great Gildersleeve.  To help that dream of sailing away Houseboat style are Roy Rogers, lovely Connie Stevens, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee's flamingos, Jimmy Dean sings his most famous song while eating a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich and Doris Day wants us to be hers.  OK by me.  This is a fun show to listen to and the music is nice and warm just like the waters.